Medical : efforts being made / noticable improvements

02/12/2000 - 30/12/2000

Doctor Jacques MOMBET, Chairman of the Medical Committee, announced the new anti-doping regulations and explained how they will work, in particular the withdrawal of the declaration of use; players will now be required to be in possession of a doctor’s prescription at all times for banned products which they might be receiving for treatment.

The list of banned products has been issued to all concerned. Very few accidents occurred during the 73 senior matches and those which occurred in youth and women’s games were very minor. A small improvement has been noted in relation to the declaration of accidents but there is still room for improvement in this area. Well done to Moldova and Poland who provided documentation containing before and after x-rays of injuries with their submissions.